2021South Africa’s 2021 maize output up 6% from previous season
The 2020/2021 maize crop is expected to be the second largest harvest on record
South Africa’s farmers are expected to harvest 6% more maize in the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season after favourable weather conditions boosted yields, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Thursday.
The CEC, which was giving its fourth production forecast for the 2020/2021 summer crops, pegged the 2021 maize harvest at 16.180 million tonnes up from the 15.300 million tonnes harvested last season.
The 2020/2021 maize crop is expected to be the second largest harvest on record.
The CEC’s latest estimate is 0.5% higher than the April forecast of 16.095 million tonnes.
The crop is expected to consist of 8.982 million tonnes of white maize, used for human consumption, and 7.198 million tonnes of yellow maize, used mainly in animal feed, the CEC said.
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